British Executions - List Of Hangings In England

Andrew Miller
1744

Crime: murder

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HIGH COURT OF ADMIRALTY

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James Long
1744

Crime: highway robbery

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March 1744

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Warren Dunn
1744

Crime: return from transportation

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March 1744

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Martin Cooper
1744

Crime: burglary

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Martin Cooper guilty of a burglary city execution ordered for Wednesday 28 March. No reprieve no report of execution.

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Elizabeth Webster
1744

Crime: murder

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Elizabeth Webster guilty of the murder of her husband, by poisoning him with arsenic mixed with ale and curds, in the parish of Swillington (?) on 10th June 1743. She was found guilty at the Summer Assizes 1743 but…

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Joseph Jones
1744

Crime: murder

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Joseph Jones of the parish of Pentir, Caernarfonshire on 10 December 1743 broke into the church of Llandysilio and stole: one surplice, value 5/-, one Welsh Bible value 5/-, and two Welsh Books of Common Prayer, value…

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Robert Ellis
1744

Crime: house breaking

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Robert Ellis on 22 October 1743 broke into the house of Elizabeth David in the parish of Llanerchymedd and stole (WALES 4/251/2). Hanged April (BGE).

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Joseph
1744

Crime: robbery

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E In Beaumaris Gaol the following information on Anglesey executions appears as an exhibit:

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Robin
1744

Crime: robbery

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E In Beaumaris Gaol the following information on Anglesey executions appears as an exhibit:

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John Slayden
1744

Crime: murder

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John Slayden guilty of the murder of his wife, Mary

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William Coney
1744

Crime: burglary

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William Coney guilty of a burglary in the dwelling house of Robert Ramsbury: stealing therefrom a cloth coat (valued at 2/-) and other goods

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Robert Say
1744

Crime: highway robbery

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Robert Say guilty of the highway robbery of Mary Beaminster: robbing her of 1/3.

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Richard Hamilton
1744

Crime: highway robbery

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Richard Hamilton guilty of the highway robbery of Matthew Friend; robbing him of 11 gold guineas and a silver 3d.

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Samuel George
1744

Crime: return from transportation

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Samuel George guilty of being found at large in the Kingdom

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Mary Grote
1744

Crime: arson

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Lent 1744 left for execution

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William Farey
1744

Crime: forgery

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Lent 1744 left for execution

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John Sowden
1744

Crime: stealing

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Lent 1744 left for execution

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Christopher Saunders
1744

Crime: stealing

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Lent 1744 left for execution

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Joseph Millest
1744

Crime: burglary

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Joseph Millest found guilty on an indictment for a burglary in the dwelling house of James Alright in the parish of Lambeth (not specified) on 29th July 1743: stealing therefrom 3 diaper tablecloths (valued at 15/-), 7…

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Robert Denn
1744

Crime: horse stealing

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Robert Denn found guilty on an indictment for stealing a black mare (valued at £7), the property of Mary Cooper, widow, in the parish of Chobham on 16th March 1744.

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Lawrence Burgoyne
1744

Crime: highway robbery

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Lawrence Burgoyne found guilty on an indictment for the highway robbery of Elizabeth Moore, widow, in the parish of St John, Southwark on 12th August 1743: robbing her of 28/6 in money numbered.

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Edward Southwell
1744

Crime: burglary

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Edward Southwell found guilty on an indictment for a burglary in the dwelling house of Thomas Cross in the parish of Streatham on 7th June 1743: stealing therefrom a sheep carcass (valued at 20/-), 2 quarters of lamb…

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William Anthony
1744

Crime: stealing

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1744

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John Cleft
1744

Crime: horse stealing

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John Cleft guilty of stealing a bay mare, the property of Thomas Bodly

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John Spark
1744

Crime: horse stealing

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John Spark guilty of stealing a brown gelding, the property of John Harris

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William Rapley
1744

Crime: stealing sheep

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William Rapley found guilty on an indictment for stealing 6 ewes (valued at 48/-), 1 wether (valued at 8/-) and 4 lambs (valued at 12/-), the property of Thomas Snelling, in the parish of Bury on 20th December 1743. He…

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James King
1744

Crime: murder

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Wednesday, 4 April 1744 (Quarter Sessions Papers)

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Edward Singer
1744

Crime: highway robbery

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Wednesday, 4 April 1744 (Quarter Sessions Papers)

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Edward Smith
1744

Crime: highway robbery

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Edward Smith, Robert Wright, James Cross and John Plunkett guilty of the highway robbery of John Owen in the parish of St Peter on 27th September 1743: robbing him of a worsted shagg coat (valued at 10/-), a linen bag…

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Robert Wright
1744

Crime: highway robbery

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Edward Smith, Robert Wright, James Cross and John Plunkett guilty of the highway robbery of John Owen in the parish of St Peter on 27th September 1743: robbing him of a worsted shagg coat (valued at 10/-), a linen bag…

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James Cross
1744

Crime: highway robbery

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Edward Smith, Robert Wright, James Cross and John Plunkett guilty of the highway robbery of John Owen in the parish of St Peter on 27th September 1743: robbing him of a worsted shagg coat (valued at 10/-), a linen bag…

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John Plunkett
1744

Crime: highway robbery

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Edward Smith, Robert Wright, James Cross and John Plunkett guilty of the highway robbery of John Owen in the parish of St Peter on 27th September 1743: robbing him of a worsted shagg coat (valued at 10/-), a linen bag…

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Elizabeth Haines
1744

Crime: murder

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Elizabeth Haines, wife of Edward Haines, guilty of the murder of Anne Haines, their daughter aged about 4 years), by striking and beating her in the parish of Rous Lench on 18th January 1744: so that she died on 19th…

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John Jeffrey
1744

Crime: murder

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John Jeffrey for the murder of his wife. No reprieve traced. Execution likely.

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Isaac Thomas
1744

Crime: coining

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Isaac Thomas (of the parish of Crucadarn, Breconshire) in the parish of Llanyre a false coin made of pewter and base metal as a half crown with intent to deceive and defraud Mary Phillips (WALES 4/520/3). Guilty…

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Anthony Sampson
1744

Crime: highway robbery

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Anthony Sampson, of Whitby, guilty of the highway robbery of William Wilcock in the parish of Sandal Magna on 27th February 1744; robbing him of 9/-. No reprieve no report of execution.

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William Barraclough
1744

Crime: stealing sheep

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William Barraclough guilty of stealing 1 ewe (value 5/-) and 1 wether (value 5/-), the property of John Birke, in the parish of Darfield on 1st May 1744. No reprieve no report of execution.

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John Knott
1744

Crime: murder

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Saturday, 28 July 1744 (Northampton Mercury)

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John Taylor
1744

Crime: return from transportation

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John Taylor guilty of being found at large in the Kingdom having been tried at the Staffordshire Assizes on 5th August 1740 for a burglary in the dwelling house of Elizabeth Brown in the parish of Abbots Bromley on 19th…

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William Knight
1744

Crime: horse stealing

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William Knight guilty of stealing a black mare, the property of William Councell. No reprieve traced. Probably hanged.

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Robert Capps
1744

Crime: murder

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Wednesday, 8 August 1744

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Elizabeth Moreton
1744

Crime: petty treason

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Elizabeth Moreton, (otherwise Owen), aged 22, guilty of Petit Treason in that she murdered her husband, Francis, by giving him arsenic mixed in water, in the parish of All Saints Evesham on 16th December 1743.

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James Maben
1744

Crime: high treason

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Saturday, 11 August 1744 - Westgate, Newcastle (Newcastle Journal)

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John Samuel
1744

Crime: high treason

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Saturday, 11 August 1744 - Westgate, Newcastle (Newcastle Journal)

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Thomas Lister
1744

Crime: horse stealing

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Thomas Lister guilty of stealing a horse, the property of (no indictment found)

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John Young
1744

Crime: horse stealing

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Tuesday, 28 August 1744 John Young for the theft of a horse.

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John Handley
1744

Crime: stealing sheep

Location: —

Saturday, 1 September 1744 (QSR)

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